the dammit chronicles

love it.

2007-04-04T02:28:00.000-04:00

The Network, my newest.

2007-03-09T03:22:00.000-05:00

Look familiar?

2007-03-05T01:39:00.000-05:00

jules

2007-02-25T01:31:00.001-05:00

Another victim of this bullshit war.

2007-02-23T18:10:00.001-05:00

My dad is leaving again...IRAQ

Feel free to caption.

2007-02-22T15:51:00.000-05:00

Jesus Christ.

2007-02-18T21:43:00.001-05:00

WWJFKD?

2007-02-12T08:05:00.000-05:00

fan mail

2007-02-04T18:10:00.000-05:00

why i stopped writing.

2007-01-31T23:57:00.001-05:00

AHEM!

2007-01-28T07:42:00.000-05:00

FUCK YOU BUSH!

2007-01-28T07:16:00.000-05:00

DICK CHENEY IS A MURDERER!

2007-01-27T21:48:00.000-05:00

Ted Kennedy on Fire!

2007-01-26T12:07:00.001-05:00

Project Hamad

2007-01-22T21:56:00.001-05:00

my retort to the "speech".

2007-01-10T22:11:00.001-05:00

the time is now.

2007-01-07T23:07:00.001-05:00

the truth finally revealed.

2007-01-07T18:26:00.000-05:00

it was all about the oil.
shocked?
i'm not.

watch out.

2007-01-07T06:43:00.000-05:00

THEY want to watch you.

"There's been no showing that mass surveillance of all Internet users, mandated by the government, is necessary for law enforcement," Bankston said. "If this passes, there would be a chilling effect on free speech if everyone knew that everything they did on the Internet could be tracked back to them."

Wow.

2007-01-04T16:46:00.000-05:00

she really is batshit crazy, isn't she?

The YouTube Get Out of Iraq Campaign.

2007-01-04T14:09:00.000-05:00

let's never forget what bravery looks like.

2007-01-04T05:46:00.001-05:00

balls of steel.

Happy New Year.

2006-12-31T23:49:00.000-05:00

impeach.

2006-12-28T01:43:00.001-05:00

New Orleans update.

2006-12-22T18:26:00.000-05:00

As I have long suspected, things are going to plan in the big easy.
Our country is a corrupt, ugly, immoral, racist, homicidal tumor on the planet.
Merry Christmas.

this MUST end.

2006-12-15T03:18:00.000-05:00

another soldier's story. this is the face of this unnecessary "war".

a little thing i like to call...

2006-12-15T02:54:00.000-05:00

NO FUCKING SHIT! i knew this in 2002.

i've had it.

2006-12-13T22:43:00.001-05:00

a sad milestone in a new kind of war...

2006-12-13T18:00:00.000-05:00

she is only a year younger than i am.

a message of peace to our soldiers.

2006-12-13T15:00:00.001-05:00

God, I hate Tony Snow.

2006-12-13T10:52:00.000-05:00

I was just reading the transcript of yesterday's press "briefing", or as i like to call it, "snowing" and i came across something that set my ears on fire:

Q As the President is sort of making his calculations, is he factoring in sort of what the American people have a stomach for?

MR. SNOW: You know, it's interesting, if you take a look at poll data -- and there's a lot of discussion about that -- what's interesting is that a majority of the American public not only thinks that we're capable of winning, but we should . I think that there is understandable apprehension about the situation in Iraq. And what people want to hear is, how do you assess the situation and how do you wish to address it? And those are questions the President is going to answer.

Excuse me, Tony, but what imaginary polls are you consulting? The one taken in the White House by YOU that morning? I'll give him The "can win" but only on a technicality; and i have no idea where he is getting the "should".

a dark thought.

2006-12-12T01:18:00.000-05:00

Maybe, just maybe, what is happening in Iraq is going to plan. if they destroy themselves, don't we inherit an oil rich country? keep the region unstable, profit from the instability. like i said, a very dark thought...

my first protest video.

2006-12-11T00:40:00.000-05:00

and this little game is VERY cathartic.

What the hell is going on?

2006-12-10T15:28:00.000-05:00

Flashback to nighty-eight, when impeachment fever gripped Washington over a lie. About a BLOWJOB. Today, we have a president who has repeatedly lied. About a WAR, that has caused the death of hundreds of thousands, including almost THREE THOUSAND American soldiers. Where the hell is the cries for impeachment or calls for resignation?

WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?

damn.

2006-12-09T21:43:00.000-05:00

and we think our prez is dangerous.

A must read...

2006-12-09T20:58:00.000-05:00

roundup of the week in the White House. If this doesn't make you realize we have a dangerously incompetent administration, nothing will. Jesus. and if that doesn't make you want to pull your eyelashes out, there's this gem.

oh crap, more, he is an endless FOUNTAIN of shit, ain't he?

Send silly string to the troops for Christmas.

2006-12-09T20:36:00.000-05:00

seriously, i'm not kidding, check it out.

let's take a moment...

2006-12-08T16:00:00.000-05:00

and remind ourselves what an eloquent president sounds like.

shocking.

2006-12-08T14:36:00.000-05:00

no accountability in Foley case.
surely, no one saw that coming.

"JUST GET US HOME."

2006-12-08T12:31:00.000-05:00

From the Democratic Underground, one soldier's words.
we must end this insanity.

Only a Billion?

2006-12-08T11:44:00.000-05:00

We spend that every ten minutes in Iraq, don't we? Ok, maybe not quite, but it sure seems like it. These refugees are our responsibility, either because of our actions or lack thereof. A billion seems like a drop in the bucket to me.

this is sure to piss you off.

2006-12-08T11:07:00.000-05:00

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration routinely has underreported the level of violence in Iraq in order to disguise its policy failings, the Iraq Study Group report said Wednesday.

By Jonathan S. Landay

McClatchy Newspapers Continue article

Well, well...

2006-12-08T10:52:00.000-05:00

This is quite interesting, the Saudis are funding the Sunnis in Iraq and they are bush's best buds. I wonder how Georgie plans on spinning this?

it's official, bush is a DUMBASS!

2006-12-08T04:16:00.000-05:00

well, the Iraq study group hath spoken, and he is still in the White House, babbling about victory.
Console yourself with laughter, get my friend's book and giggle until the next election, or hopefully, the next impeachment.

go, baby!

2006-12-05T01:20:00.000-05:00

major trouble in new orleans.

2006-12-02T22:59:00.000-05:00

in the midst of a painful and often painstaking recovery, yet another blow has hit the people and city of new orleans. this new development could strike the death knell for a comeback. where is the cavalry? with this government, there is little hope.

when the fuck did "pro-choice" morph into...

2006-12-02T20:56:00.000-05:00

"pro-abortion"???? i see this more and more often these days in the mainstream media. i mean, this is ridiculous, check out this latest example from the Chicago Tribune.

welcome to germany, seventy years ago...

2006-12-02T16:42:00.000-05:00

it is easy to see how it the holocaust occurred, when we have this example.
not to mention... this.

the worst, EVER.

2006-12-02T14:44:00.000-05:00

we MUST impeach this man.

NOW!

listen to the man who WAS elected president:

And it’s almost too easy to say, “I would have heeded the warnings.” In fact, I think I would have, I know I would have.

We had several instances when the CIA’s alarm bells went off, and what we did when that happened was, we had emergency meetings and called everybody together and made sure that all systems were go and every agency was hitting on all cylinders, and we made them bring more information, and go into the second and third and fourth level of detail. And made suggestions on how we could respond in a more coordinated, more effective way.

It is inconceivable to me that Bush would read a warning as stark and as clear [voice angry now] as the one he received on August 6th of 2001, and, according to some of the new histories, he turned to the briefer and said, “Well, you’ve covered your ass.”

And never called a follow up meeting.

Never made an inquiry.

Never asked a single question.

To this day, I don’t understand it. And, I think it’s fair to say that he personally does in fact bear a measure of blame for not doing his job at a time when we really needed him to do his job.

And now the Woodward book has this episode that has been confirmed by the record that George Tenet, who was much abused by this administration, went over to the White House for the purpose of calling an emergency meeting and warning as clearly as possible about the extremely dangerous situation with Osama bin Laden, and was brushed off!

And I don’t know why—honestly—I mean, I understand how horrible this Congressman Foley situation with the instant messaging is, okay? I understand that. But, why didn’t these kinds of things produce a similar outrage? And you know, I’m even reluctant to talk about it in these terms because it’s so easy for people to hear this or read this as sort of cheap political game-playing. I understand how it could sound that way.

[Practically screaming now] But dammit, whatever happened to the concept of accountability for catastrophic failure? This administration has been by far the most incompetent, inept, and with more moral cowardice, and obsequiousness to their wealthy contributors, and obliviousness to the public interest of any administration in modern history, and probably in the entire history of the country!

excerpted from: AL GORE , GQ man of the year issue.

olbermann is our only journalist, revisited.

2006-12-02T14:40:00.000-05:00

as i pointed out in an earlier post, keith olbermann is making huge glorious, dissenting waves in the mainstream media.
if you aren't watching him, you are missing out.

finally, an explanation.

2006-11-29T16:08:00.000-05:00

found at daily kos.

Liberals are from Mars, Conservatives are from Bellevue

by Hunter

Wed Nov 29, 2006 at 01:04:54 PM PST

Via Tom Tomorrow, I present this without comment:

Lohse, a social work master’s student at Southern Connecticut State University, says he has proven what many progressives have probably suspected for years: a direct link between mental illness and support for President Bush.

Lohse says his study is no joke. The thesis draws on a survey of 69 psychiatric outpatients in three Connecticut locations during the 2004 presidential election. Lohse’s study, backed by SCSU Psychology professor Jaak Rakfeldt and statistician Misty Ginacola, found a correlation between the severity of a person’s psychosis and their preferences for president: The more psychotic the voter, the more likely they were to vote for Bush. [...]

“Our study shows that psychotic patients prefer an authoritative leader,” Lohse says. “If your world is very mixed up, there’s something very comforting about someone telling you, ‘This is how it’s going to be.’”

The study was an advocacy project of sorts, designed to register mentally ill voters and encourage them to go to the polls, Lohse explains. The Bush trend was revealed later on. [...]

“Bush supporters had significantly less knowledge about current issues, government and politics than those who supported Kerry,” the study says.

lovely.

2006-11-27T22:45:00.000-05:00

i guess they would really not enjoy my bush effigy yule log. then again, it's christmas. who would jesus fine?

brilliant, this explains the marriage.

2006-11-21T20:06:00.000-05:00

this made me pee my pants, i laughed so hard.

2006-11-12T23:34:00.000-05:00

and i'm a democrat.

2006-11-11T02:34:00.000-05:00

sometimes, no words are needed...

woohoo!

2006-11-10T16:21:00.000-05:00

do something.

2006-11-07T02:41:00.000-05:00

today is vital. make a difference, call out the vote, here. i'll be on the phone all day. good luck.

yes, indeed.

2006-11-05T10:38:00.000-05:00

finally, someone said it.

2006-10-30T03:36:00.000-05:00

brilliant, fucking brilliant. the discovery network, revealed. and i thought i was paranoid. imagine that.

just vote.

2006-10-30T03:14:00.000-05:00

i don't care if you don't like abortion or gays or hate muslims or blacks or hippies. i don't care if your idea of news is the shit spewed at you from people who want to exploit you. i don't care if jesus is your moral compass, just make sure it is him you are listening to and not someone's fucked up idea of what he said. i don't care if you think george bush is intelligent, i just wonder how you can. i don't care if you are afraid of a country where we all have a voice and no person is deemed unworthy because they are poor or gay or mexican or live in new orleans. vote your conscience, we don't care, because one day, you will be explaining to your children why this happened. at least us "liberals" will have an excuse. what will be yours?

how he says this shit with a straight face is beyond me.

2006-10-23T13:11:00.001-04:00

see if your senator really supports the troops.

2006-10-23T13:11:00.000-04:00

this is a great reference put together by the Iraq and Afghanistan veterans of America that rates the senators by their votes that relate to the armed forces. I'll let you guess the party that ranks lowest.

sometimes, i wonder...

2006-10-21T02:53:00.001-04:00

the land of the brave. the home of the free?

2006-10-20T08:19:00.000-04:00

from the soul of the brave.

must have rap.

2006-10-20T06:34:00.000-04:00

go to my homepage for a great anthem.

something to actually laugh about.

2006-10-20T03:57:00.000-04:00

my new hero, jules carlysle, has a book. buy it,
and laugh your ass off.

oh my God...

2006-10-20T03:30:00.000-04:00

it is worse than i thought, or could have ever imagined in Iraq. we have destroyed a country and left them with no hope of rebuilding as we rapidly run out of money and NOTHING is done. our soldiers and Iraqis are dying at an alarming rate and their police have become part of the problem. we are in such a mess at this point that even withdrawing may not be an option. the people of that country suffer and we die a little each day, for what?

$30-40 BILLION! spent on reconstruction.

None- Hospitals built since invasion.

200- Doctors and pharmacists murdered.

15,000- Doctors who have fled abroad.

3,000 out of 18,000 schools refurbished.

5,000 Extra schools needed.

24,000 Pupils who have fled abroad.

72 Iraqi civilian fatalities reported yesterday, YESTERDAY!

US casualties

2,784 killed.

71 this month, we have two weeks left, at this rate it will be a record. a fucking GRIM record.

Iraqi police casualties

4,000 killed.

8,000 wounded in the past two years.

3,000 Iraqi policemen sacked this month.

and the war rages on...

2006-10-18T10:25:00.000-04:00

i watched frontline last night, it chronicled the first year in iraq and the series of mistakes that lead us to where we are today. it did not give me much hope. we are in the middle of the deadliest month yet and it all seems so wasteful, inhumane and without end. how do these people sleep at night?

how i feel, most of the time.

2006-10-13T19:11:00.000-04:00

sad and horrible.

2006-10-07T09:28:00.000-04:00

yes, of course, but this is just a symptom of an unjust war. it is not the first and it will not be the last, if we continue this debacle. i find the middle eastern take on the "war on terror" very subdued, considering.

liars, inc.

2006-10-07T08:23:00.000-04:00

just this. and it's enough. it never ends.

this family, jesus.

2006-10-07T07:06:00.000-04:00

it's not enough that jeb got his brother elected. or that g.h.w bush's mother hated, i mean, was jealous of, the Kennedys so much that she said, " just wait 'til they get a load of the bush boys." or something to that affect. thanks, granny, we have. i can't go into everything this demon family has done to this country but this really pissed me off this morning. it concerns neil bush, little bro to the prez, and his raping of the educational system. not to mention, his other brother marvin was responsible for security at the world trade center on september 11, 2001. fine job, marv.

what the fuck?

2006-10-07T06:05:00.000-04:00

rush limbaugh is a total fucking nutcase, somebody, lock him up, right now. God help us all.this is wrong on so many levels, i want to hurt someone.

i'm tired.

2006-10-07T00:59:00.000-04:00

honestly, i am. it has become a burden to notice and point out and comment on the follies of an administration and party that is obviously so corrupt, inept, and incompetent, if not criminal, yet, still in power. seriously, why should i be compelled to change minds, if these minds are already so closed off from reality and truth? it's ridiculous. why are we charged with pointing out the shortcomings and foibles and crimes of a clownish party that is so determined to remain blameless and elected? remarkably, still trying to defend themselves? and SUCCEEDING? it's exhausting and futile, if the people we are trying to convince remain paralyzed by some knee jerk loyalty or downright nastiness. i just don't know anymore. i see signs of hope but i still hear this stubborn backlash and it has sapped my zeal. what will it take, America? that is the thought that keeps me up at night. i need a vacation. so, i will be absent for a few days while i try to find a reason to believe, again. peace.

this is who we elected to run our country?

2006-10-04T18:00:00.000-04:00

and we wonder why everything is going to hell.

condi's hypocritical visit.

2006-10-04T16:14:00.000-04:00

rice is in the middle east talking about peace. does anyone else see the irony in that statement? what kind of credibility can she possibly expect to have? peace is not exactly this administration's strong suit and the middle east knows it better than anyone. here is a little insight into what she is up against.

bill o'reilly is satan.

2006-10-04T08:57:00.000-04:00

notice anything? i take it all back, FOX is obviously up to their old dirty tricks. what is truly sad is the caliber of people that watch his show were probably actually confused by this. also, it turns out, foley's "innappropriate" behavior has been going on since day one and republicans chose to ignore it.

torture and it's consequences. revisited.

2006-10-04T08:45:00.000-04:00

torture, in any form, is likely to produce false confessions .

America- divider not uniter.

2006-10-03T12:50:00.000-04:00

Saudi Arabia is building a fence to protect itself from Iraq. America wants to build a wall to protect itself from Mexicans. Maybe they can figure out a way to hermetically seal off the whole country in one big bubble, Hawaii and Alaska would have their own bubble, of course. it would be very futuristic.

this is appropriate for the day.

2006-10-02T21:09:00.000-04:00

Georgia's repug governor probably never realized this would be so needed, in his own party.

and it's just hilarious.

doubt about war is spreading.

2006-10-02T17:29:00.000-04:00

Australians are highly skeptical about the war. Canadians are even skeptical about Afghanistan. the world seems to be turning against the prez, i guess they are morally challanged and naive. and this letter from an ordinary American in Vegas. there is a tide of negativity out there heading right for the white house.

why not impeach?

2006-10-02T16:46:00.000-04:00

i am so bewildered by the democrat's reluctance to talk about impeachment. are they just biding their time or is it really not something they have considered? i think just having Henry f-ing Kissinger advising the administration on the war is reason enough!

the ickiness continues...

2006-10-02T14:23:00.000-04:00

more IM's from foley and it seems that republicans knew about him.

not a good day to be a child in this country. unbelievably sad news coming out of pennsylvania.

oh my GOD.

2006-10-02T12:53:00.000-04:00

if this doesn't make you angry about the TORTURE going on at guantonamo, i give up. this is not MY America.

am i watching fox?

2006-10-02T10:06:00.000-04:00

actually, i think shep has been a closet liberal since katrina, maybe?

i watched this live and realized that conservatives can have a soul.

monday morning reality check.

2006-10-02T09:08:00.000-04:00

these are the 3,022 faces of the fallen. this is an inside look at how the president has met with a few of the grieving families. is it enough?

we can torture but they can't.

2006-09-30T14:13:00.000-04:00

in a threat that represents the height of hypocrisy, considering what went down in the senate this week, the U.S. is cracking down on iraqi police for, of all things, not cracking down on torture. not that i don't think they should, of course, NO ONE should be torturing ANYWHERE! and guess what? the law they are considering to enforce is named for a democrat, patrick leahy, who argued passionately this week to defeat the detainee bill.

should we be paranoid?

2006-09-30T05:34:00.000-04:00

this lawful review of how the new detainee bill could be used against citizens is a tad complex and almost, reassuring. however, it still gives me the willies. i have read a lot of fanciful paranoia over the last day or so, although, some was downright chilling and in no way silly. this hammers it down to a brief damn, i hope i'm never in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong guy kinda thing. unfortunately, we all could be, one day, now that they get to decide who the "wrong" guy is. the strokes are so broad now, it's scary.

thanks to my friends over at progressive america on myspace, here is their list of all the dems who voted for this bill. let's let them know how we feel about it!

wow, just wow.

2006-09-30T03:16:00.000-04:00

so, we have a little insight on foley...

"We track library books better than we do sexual predators," said Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla. He said he applauded those sex offenders who have served their time and sought treatment, but made clear that under the legislation "they will be monitored, they will be followed and they will be watched."

it is not for the meek... ewwwwww! this guy had the nerve to co-write a bill about the sexual abuse of children! but i'll get back to that, in the meantime,
gitmo is too good for this sleazebag!

welcome to the new america.

2006-09-29T13:23:00.000-04:00

you may not be able to feel it but something has changed in this country. we have stepped into the abyss of the new world order and become the unitied states of torture.
if you are still confused about what this means to all americans, please do some research and be very careful with your vote in the coming elections. we have to very diligent to save what's left of our democracy.

the republicans have lost their minds.

2006-09-28T11:21:00.000-04:00

the "detainee" bill, aka, the torture bill is likely to pass in the senate today. this is a fucking nightmare. i watched cspan all day yesterday, i watched smart, impassioned democrats stand up and fight to defeat this ignorant, unconstitutional piece of legislation that has the potential of effecting American citizens and sheeple disguised as republicans bah, bah, bah it right on through both houses. you see, the wording of this bill leaves out certain little nuances in various places that hands the fate of all "enemies" , and they decide who they are, out of the hands of the judicial and into the hands of the executive. and throws out habeas corpus, a quaint little concept that has been around since the magna carta and on which ALL WESTERN LAW IS BASED. and that, my friends, is a recipe for fascism. but don't take my word for it, another opinion here, here and here. more details on the death of democracy as we know it here.

it's not looking good folks.

2006-09-28T05:06:00.000-04:00

i hope us bleeding hearts are all just paranoid but... war with iran seems like a done deal. hoard the can goods and dig a really deep hole, i think it's gonna be one hell of a holiday season.

oh yeah, this is working.

2006-09-28T01:07:00.000-04:00

according to Iraqis, who we are trying to democratise, i think they have an opinion.

are we going to listen?

pre-election jitters.

2006-09-27T14:55:00.000-04:00

if the past three elections are any indication of what is to come, i'm a little nervous. karl rove has something up his sleeve. let's just hope it is not an attack on iran. our soldiers have been through enough.

intelligence report declassified.

2006-09-26T18:07:00.000-04:00

yes, he ordered it declassified.
yet, he calls the report naive.
so, we are to believe that the sixteen top intelligence organizations in the war on terror are naive? am i missing something?

this is how they are feeling in the middle east about it.

more censorship from the bush administration.

2006-09-26T17:59:00.000-04:00

a report on the link between global warming and hurricane strength.

a capitol hill briefing on bush's torture policy.

liberal verses conservative, jesus style.

2006-09-26T15:21:00.000-04:00

in this Jesus camp atmosphere of modern politics, we have forgotten that Jesus was in fact, the first liberal. i find it sadly ironic that this battle between "good" and "evil" is coloring our political discourse in a time that is so pivotal in our nation's history. i claim no understanding of the mentality of the evangelical right, in fact, i am agnostic but i think this level of animosity towards liberals is not constructive. on the other hand, our instinctive recoiling from the conservative point of view cannot be constructive either. we must find common ground. speaking of religion, here is one just for fun.

keith olbermann is our only journalist.

2006-09-26T15:00:00.000-04:00

his comment from last night. it is a MUST SEE. just when i get completely discouraged about the media, someone like him comes along. it is about time we had someone speaking truth to power.

back in the dome and kicking ass.

2006-09-25T22:24:00.000-04:00

my saints are home again!

proof we can no longer rely on the media.

2006-09-25T17:11:00.000-04:00

if this doesn't make you angry, i give up. this is supposed to be a free press, remember? why is the u.s. cover different? i feel like i am in an orwellian nightmare. what the hell?